Author: chris

When I installed Ubuntu 12.04 last time I noticed that shortcut OPEN IN TERMINAL in context menu suddenly disappeared. It is very useful shortcut especially when you want to open terminal in folder which is located very deep in directory tree. So if you want to enable shortcut OPEN IN TERMINAL in nautilus after right clicking, run these commands in terminal:

Sometimes you want to know how is the strength of WiFi signal. It is very useful when you are in a hotel, or you want to diagnose problems with WiFi. In order to check WiFi signal strength in Ubuntu type in terminal:

Once upon a time I wanted to check if some ports are open. The network I wanted to check was at my office, and when I forwarded some ports on my Mikrotik I wanted to be sure if I did it correctly. So I started to find solution in the internet and I found that netcat can do it:

I have an old scanner Mustek 1248UB and I decided to use it on my Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. Of course after plugged it in USB it doesn’t work, so I found solution in the internet. BTW Mustek 1248UB is still very popular scanner.